Docker, Amazon ECS, and Spot Fleets: A Great Fit Together

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Using Amazon ECS with Spot Instances is probably one of the best ways to run my workloads on AWS.
By using Spot Instances, I can save 50–90% on Amazon EC2 instances.
The actual Spot Instance Advisor website states:The average frequency of interruption across all Regions and instance types is less than 5%.
Spot FleetsWith Spot Instances, I place a single request for a specific instance in a specific Availability Zone.
Containers can be pulled down in seconds, making them an excellent fit for Spot Instances, where containers might move around during an interruption.

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